Improved bed-bottom



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. R. HENDERSON AAND JAMES FORD7 OF ANDOVER, NEW YORK.

IMPRovED BED-BOTTOM.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,902, dated May 22, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, A. R. HENDERSON and JAMES FORD, of Andover, New York, Y

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spring Bed-Bottoms; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of our im proved bed-bottom andahorizontal section of the bedstead through the line w w, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the line as w, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical crosstion through the line y y, Fig. 1.

Our invention has for its object the furnishing an improved spring bed-bottom simple and cheap in construction and satisfactory in operation 5' and it consists of forming the bedbottom of a series of pairs of transverse slats hung from the side rails of the bedstead, the ends of which are made elastic by spiral springs, and the central parts by the elasticity ot' slats themselves, as hereinafter more fully described.

Ais the head-board, B the footboard, and C and D the side boards or rails, ofthe bedstead.

`E is the lower, and F the upper, slat of each pair'. These pairs of slats are hung from the side rails, O and D, by webbing G, which is attached to the side rails, C and D, and to the ends of the lower slats of each pair. The ends of the slats of each pair are kept from getting too far apart by webbing H, attached to the said ends, as shown in Fig. 3. Between the ends of the'slats of each pair is placed a coiled wire spring, l, which enables the ends of the slats to yield to any pressure that may be applied to them. The slats are kept apart at their centers, and the center of the upper slats supported by boards onblocks J, of the each other by webbing K, the ends of which are secured tothe lower parts of the head and foot boards, as shown in Fig. 2, said webbing passing over the upper parts of each pair and being attached thereto, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2. The webbing by means of which the pairs of slats areattached to the side rails, G

'and D, may be still further secured to the said side rails by strips or slats L, secured to the said side rails by nails or screws, and clamping the ends of the said webbing between the said slats L and the said side rails, C and D, as shown in Fig. 3. Y 1t will be observed that all the slats hang free from the sides of the bedstead, and that each pair of' slats hangs and operates independently ofthe other. By this means the action of the bed-bottom will be free to adapt itself to the pressure upon it and to conform itself to the form of the body lying thereon.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

rlhe combination of the side rails, G D, hanging webbing G, and double slats E F, arranged in the manner and for the purpose herein specified.

A. R. HENDERSON. JAMES FORD.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM Y. HENDERSON, S. B. HUNT. 

